John Adams Middle

Set in Santa Monica, California, John Adams Middle is a reasonably sized junior high, part of Santa Monica-Malibu Unified. It enrolls 806 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 22% bigger than typical.

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 8,616 students; John Adams Middle is among them.

Demographically, John Adams Middle lists that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 36% White, 11% Black, 6% Asian. Compared to Los Angeles County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, John Adams Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.0%; this one delivers 52.5%.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which John Adams Middle is one.

Will Rogers Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Adams Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John Adams Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 66.6%.

John Adams Middle operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John Adams Middle has contracted 24%, going from 1,063 students in 2018 to 806 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 31% to 36%. Class-load math has fell: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.